Ask Google AI...

What did Robert Brault mean when he said, "We are all the average person. The goal is to be the most exceptional average person we can be."

Here is Google AI's response:

Robert Brault’s quote is a meditation on finding extraordinary value in ordinary life. Brault, an American aphorist, often writes about the tension between human limitations and the potential for personal greatness within those limits. 

His message can be broken down into two core ideas:

• Universal Commonality ("We are all the average person"): This is an exercise in humility and groundedness. Brault suggests that despite our unique egos, we all share the same basic human experience—fears, needs, and biological realities. Acknowledging that we are "average" removes the pressure of needing to be a "chosen one" or a historical outlier to be worthy.
• The Pursuit of Personal Excellence ("The goal is to be the most exceptional average person"): While we may be statistically "average," our choices and character can be exceptional. Brault encourages people to take the "default settings"

My reaction:

It took Google AI about three seconds to compose this answer.  Amazing!  Question is, if I gave AI this answer, could it compose my original aphorism?

Random Thoughts

Never say to someone, "I see what you're trying to say."  Few people want to hear a clarification of what they're trying to say.

It is sad to think how many domestic disagreements are wordless, conducted in mutual silence..  

In a just world you would get what you rightly deserve and everyone else would get what's coming to them.

In the end it's probably less important that you believe in God than that there's a God who believes in you.

It is rare that a woman who does the same thing every Tuesday all her married life has a husband who can tell you what she does on Tuesdays.

Ignorance is the state of knowing only what you've learned from people you want to hear it from.

There is a tendency to blame people of faith for the intolerance of people who know for sure.

Hard Lesson Learned #24:  "Never say anything in public that you are hearing for the first time." 

What Passes For Wisdom Around Here

 People incapable of faith more often find refuge in certainty than doubt.

Sometimes the faith to believe in a miracle comes easier than the gullibility to believe in the rational explanation.

Everyday life for a mortal being is mostly about doing things today that won't matter tomorrow, therein accounting for their urgency.

Generally speaking, the more you learn of how the world works, the less you blame yourself.

Most happiness, like most worry. depends pretty much on how small a thing you can make important.

Me, Myself and You

 The most life-changing "what if" we ever ask is, "What if it isn't all about me?"

The trouble with caring only about yourself is that it's always the first step to not caring about anyone. 

What you discover about self-love is that it doesn't last, and it's the devil to go your separate ways.

Today's Deep Thought:  "A miracle is something without which whatever happened would have taken a miracle."

In Every Moment That You Share

We shared a vow to love forever.

Now life's a fading winter's day,

And bent with age I fear "forever"

Was always just some fond cliche'.

But then I feel your glance upon me,

And in your eyes that light sublime,

And, lo, I realize, "forever"

Had never anything to do with time.

For when a love's a boundless loving,

And when with heart and soul you've cared

Then truly have you loved "'forever"

In every moment that you've shared.   

Tender Subjects

 I asked, "How can anyone who really knows me ever love me?" only to discover that it was the only way anyone ever would.

"It's not easy -- loving someone through the chinks in their armor -- especially when the love they return is so often trapped inside."

"To truly know someone is to know the thing they never speak of -- and to recognize the silences that speak of it."

It Seems Backwards

 It seems backwards.  In the callowness of our youth, we are asked to decide on education, career, marriage and parenthood.  In the experience of our old age, we are asked to decide on what to have for lunch.